Gentle Readers, Dr. J. was saddened by sudden and unexpected the passing of a childhood chum’s father this week (who lives in a blue state North and East of New Atlantis). While an autopsy was not performed, it was pretty … Continue reading →
Back in the days before Gavin Newsom turned San Francisco into a dump totally unfriendly to tourists, the Czar and Царица were enjoying uncharacteristically hot weather. She had never been to San Francisco before, so the Czar was taking her … Continue reading →
The wily nzc writes in to pick sides on the Fermilab vs. Large Hadron Collider race to find the Higgs boson. He adds: I will pour out a forty for them if the LHC gets it first. best, nzc Can’t … Continue reading →
Unlikely as it seems, these words were spoken by Adam Urbanski, Rochester Teachers Association (union) president, in the context of difficult contract negotiations. It was an acknowledgment that a union cannot be so greedy that its employer can no longer … Continue reading →
Professor Mondo has a typically well-written post today regarding the cultural transition parents underwent in the last few decades of letting kids be kids and (over-)protecting them from strangers. The essay is tightly written, and the Czar’s summary hardly does … Continue reading →
Dr. J. has been receiving daily emails from Congressman Jim Cooper (D-New Atlantis) updating him regarding the debt ceiling. In his latest missive to the Doctor he included the following: Stop Member Pay ActMy bill to end Congressional pay during … Continue reading →
‘Puter tells his sons, aged 13 and (almost) 10, that they have four options when they graduate high school. 1. State school2. Scholarship3. Marine Corps4. Priesthood Other than that, they are on their own. ‘Puter and Mrs. ‘Puter will have … Continue reading →
With a hat tip to our friends at Small Dead Animals this chart is amazing: Click thru and read the article. GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future … Continue reading →
CN rather expertly contributes the following: Most honorable Czar of Muscovy, who with a single effort of the pen of writing makes my most eloquent efforts seem but the ramblings of the unschooled child, it was my humble pleasure to … Continue reading →
Wow, we have the smartest readers in the world. Thank goodness you readers wind up writing half the stuff on here. Check this bad boy out from NR: Dread Czar, Nice post on the Higgs – much better than most … Continue reading →
In today’s gripping installment of “How Do These Guys Even Have Jobs Anymore?”, the New York Times editorial board appeals to its readers’ faith. To be certain, not faith in God, because that’s for uneducated, gun-owning hicks. Rather, the NYT … Continue reading →
No, not that deal – the NFL Lockout has ended and your Gormogons have been remiss in discussing it. Here is GorT’s take: Simply put this lockout was about two things: greed and health. The NFL is a $9B+ industry. … Continue reading →
All right, enough. The media is already all over the road like a drunk driver with this Higgs Boson particle. Proof of parallel universes? Time travel? The God Particle? Give us a break. Actually, here is a hint. If the … Continue reading →
Overall, the Boehner rebuttal was really good, not just in content, but in psychology. The President will likely give less of his incessant lecture hall jeremiads if the GOP continually goes on television right after him and disproves his every … Continue reading →
CNN today covered President Obama’s speech to that promoter of ethnic harmony, La Raza. In the speech, he intimated that he may ‘go it alone’ regarding immigration, whatever that means. Hopefully he won’t take the same approach to the debt … Continue reading →
MetalStorm has made a shotgun capable of firing a “taser round” that can incapacitate a target within 30 yards. Also pictured is the attachment that can be mounted under an assault rifle to give the shooter options of a lethal/non-lethal … Continue reading →
Recently, I’ve been impressed with the summer television options – more so than even the new fall offerings as of late. Here’s a quick rundown on the shows that get viewed on one of the 4,328 screens in GorT’s visual … Continue reading →
Hey J-School grads! News has been bogged down lately. Here are some golden ideas for you to write stories on, based of course on your typical templates and antics. Have at it! Remember when you violated Michele Bachmann’s legal right … Continue reading →
Yes, the short answer, is that Captain America: The First Avenger is a pretty solid movie. There is plenty in it to anger homeland haters: the movie is accepts as a given that the Nazis are evil, that America is … Continue reading →
Dr. J. has always felt that President Obama is ultimately is a man of his convictions. It goes without saying that Dr. J. has also always felt that President Obama is almost always on the wrong side of every issue. … Continue reading →
Like you, the Czar is deeply saddened by the deaths of 80 people (most if not all were kids) in Norway. There are some peculiar elements to the story. How could one person, armed with a small number of weapons, … Continue reading →
Dr. J. was trying to avoid the trifecta today, but sadly, here we are. Bernie Goldberg, former CBS newsman and author of Bias, destroys President Obama’s op-ed in the comic book pretending to be a newspaper known as USA Today. … Continue reading →
GorT, Sr: Liberals believe that taxing carbon will cause less carbon to be generated, but fail to believe that taxing income, capital gains, and corporate profits will not cause less. Genius. GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century … Continue reading →
Philadelphia Inquirer political cartoonist, Tony Auth gets it wrong again today. He portrays the House who has passed a budget and a solution to the debt crisis with more bipartsanship than Obamacare and Stimulus combined as a playground. Meanwhile, he … Continue reading →
Dr. J. was reminded of that line yesterday when he received an email from Congressman Jim Cooper (D-New Atlantis): Dear Friends, I’m worried. I hope you have been following the debate in Washington. If so, you know that failure to … Continue reading →
For those who are focused on the near-term debt limit talks and the swirl that accompanies it, let me throw out a word of caution: the Democrats are salivating over the potential for 70%+ marginal tax rates. Let me explain … Continue reading →
The Czar thinks he speaks for a lot of conservatives when he says he would like to be convinced about Global Warming. After all, there is nothing more conservative than preserving what we have; if it turns out that the … Continue reading →
Confucius is not a doctor, nor does he play one on TV. But, hell yeah. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →The Obama administration today sold the last of its shares in Chrysler LLC, and in typical Obama administration fashion wound up losing the American taxpayer $1.3 billion. Well your Mandarin is not the only one disappointed in this loss as … Continue reading →
GorT and family saw the final Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2, on Sunday morning. We decided to see it at a 3D IMAX screen. In full disclosure, GorT enjoys the Potter series. I think the … Continue reading →
This Sunday, we throw the kids in the armored train and take them to the mall to see Captain America. The Czar likes to go Sunday mornings because the theaters here are emptier, half price, and he really likes sitting … Continue reading →
Before our readers snark and say that this is a blatant rip-off of ‘Puter’s homage to Chili Garlic Sauce, to which Dr. J. will affirmatively state, “You are correct, sir!” Dr. J. was inspired to write this post on Sunday … Continue reading →
Media spin and bias, and Hollywood reaffirmations of the same, can only go so far. We live in interesting times—when conservatives have found a way to overpower the monopoly on information, and when the liberals have pretty much blown their … Continue reading →
The New York Times has a house editorial today excoriating Republicans for signing on to pledges, such as Grover Norquist’s anti-tax pledge and the Susan B. Anthony list’s pro-life pledge. The NYT also lists two pledges ‘Puter has never heard … Continue reading →
The answer is, probably in a strategically placed nap. Dr. J. hasn’t been terribly prolific since being inducted into the Gormogons. This is because he has been on assignment in the New Atlantis Ivory Tower Hospital (NAITH) for the last … Continue reading →
This list barely scratches the surface: The Internet Spread spectrum wireless communications Digital photography GPS Forward-looking infrared Zodiac boats Night-vision cameras Telemedicine Velcro RADAR Heads-up displays Data encryption Nuclear reactors SONAR Flat panel displays Robotic prosthetics Indeed, this list is … Continue reading →
Anne Applebaum has an article in this month’s Foreign Policy that looks at the weird world into which Mikhail Gorbachëv has descended. The Czar thinks that she just about has this 100% correct: that he has wound up as some … Continue reading →
Ever alert JAB spotted that David Brooks liberally borrows from our site. And now Mark Steyn is doing it. Steyn writes: His name was Obamandias, King of Kings. Look upon his works, ye mighty, and despair. Round the decay of … Continue reading →
David Brooks must be reading your Gormogons, as is the rest of the New York Times’ assemblage of editors and columnists. Everyone who is anyone reads your Gormogons for our trenchant analysis, Hello Kitty news and juvenile put-downs of one … Continue reading →
The Czar and your Mandarin were discussing the Obama personality disorder the other day, and yours truly suggested that he has all the mannerisms of the haughty teaching assistant who hates being challenged by a student. And, we see, that … Continue reading →
Jay Cost in the Weekly Standard echos GorT’s belief and presents the details in a more comprehensive way than GorT could do. So take a look at his graph here and click through to really understand the debt ceiling battle. … Continue reading →
There has been no immediate end of discussion on the latest Time magazine PR disaster—an article that openly suggests that the Constitution is becoming an out-moded document. Sure, the article is framed to investigate whether the original intentions of the … Continue reading →
Uncle Jay cracks the Czar up with this perfectly valid observation: Math class is the only place where you can buy 60 cantaloupes and nobody asks what the hell is wrong with you. The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, … Continue reading →
First, regarding Mr. Immelt’s proposal that companies should stop whining about government and just start hiring – keep in mind that GE has shed about 10% of its workforce in the last two years (roughly 37,000 out from a base … Continue reading →
Dr. J. has received a missive regarding his recent screed from Gormogon Agent KH who sent a coded message while on assignment in Shangri-La, Nepal: Good afternoon, Doctor, I think what Mr. Immelt means by out-of-date regulation is “regulation that … Continue reading →
Nightfly (whom you can totally picture, right?) is our project manager in charge of “randomizing” the lotto games in each state. Nightfly writes in to solve a problem quite honestly the Czar was not having…but it illustrates how breath-takingly smart … Continue reading →
Dr. J warned the Republicans that President Obama wouldn’t play fair. Today alone, ‘Turbotax’ Tim Geithner advocated that an agreement occur now so that it can ‘get done’ by August 2nd. In his speech to Women in Finance Investment he … Continue reading →
‘Puter received the following missive from much-loved operative JAB, from the doublewide. You know the one. It’s on the Mississippi flood plain, on the stupid side of the levees. Anyhoo, JAB writes in to further discuss ‘Puter post on mortality … Continue reading →
‘Puter doesn’t know what debt ceiling debate Eugene Robinson is writing about in today’s Washington Post, but it’s sure as heck not the one going on in Washington. Mr. Robinson’s premise is that Republicans are solely to blame for the … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s been reading much about the debt ceiling debate over the past weeks. ‘Puter has come to the following conclusions. 1. The debt ceiling will be increased. It will be increased because it must be increased. And it must be … Continue reading →
The Czar told you this was coming. The Los Angeles Times dutifully reports that House Speaker Boehner and House Majority Leader Cantor are virtually at fisticuffs, tearing at each other’s throats, because things are really this bad for the Republicans. … Continue reading →
Here is an interesting tidbit you wouldn’t read anywhere else. Did you know that the film Journey to the Far Side of the Sun was based on a true story? Word. In fact, the Mandarin told us, we discovered through … Continue reading →
‘Puter lives in Upstate New York. His school district is maybe 40 or so square miles in size. It follows, essentially, the borders of a medium sized suburban township. The school district has one high school, one ninth grade building … Continue reading →
The New York Times today published a house editorial praising the Environmental Protection Agency for crippling American competitiveness. That’s not actually what the writers said, but the effect of their words are indistinguishable. The EPA issued a regulation requiring power … Continue reading →
E.J. Dionne creates more jobs weekly than the entire Obama Administration has done over the past three years, simply as a result of how colossally wrong he is on every topic he takes up. This week, Mr. Dionne writes on … Continue reading →
From the Gormogons. Including, of course, Ghettoputer, who has this poster. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →House R’s: In the event that you were concerned that Dr. J. is a lone voice in the wilderness, Dr. J. took the liberty to obtain a second opinion for you from another famous Doctor: There you have it. No … Continue reading →
An open letter to the House Republicans: Dear Speaker Boehner and the Gang: No matter how hard the White House, the congressional Democrats, and the media make dealing with the debt ceiling sound, like the magazine, it’s Real Simple™. You … Continue reading →
Hey, whatever happened to Rocky Burnette? Anyway, since Tom “Petty” Petty doesn’t want Michele Bachmann using “American Girl,” maybe Rocky will let her use the more appropriate “Tired of Toein’ the Line?” The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима … Continue reading →
BG wrote this in angels on the head of a pin, and then sent us the pin: Regarding your observation that “American liberals attempt to diminish if not redact Ronald Reagan’s responsibility for ending the Cold War peacefully…” Liberals damn … Continue reading →
The Gormogons would like to welcome the newest country to Earth: South Sudan. Her flag is pictured to the right. Really, welcome! Especially after all you have been through. Of course, this changes nothing: the country of South Sudan was … Continue reading →
Is it not a strange irony that so many American liberals (a) want to follow Europe’s examples across the board, and (b) attempt to diminish if not redact Ronald Reagan’s responsibility for ending the Cold War peacefully? The irony being … Continue reading →
The Gormogons are saddened to have heard of the passing of the legendary Betty Ford, who overcame adversity to become a name synoymous with recovery. In addition to this massive achievement, she remained a class act throughout the worst of … Continue reading →
The Gormogons are plugged in and we like sharing what we hear and hopefully provide a little education with it. Item the first: former President Bill Clinton came out earlier this week and stated: “Why aren’t we talking more about … Continue reading →
Dr. J. loves to read. Consequently, Dr. J. loves bookstores. In New Atlantis, bookstores are going the way of the dinosaur. One can blame the Kindle/iPad or Amazon.com, or that we’re a fat and lazy population. Regardless, unless Dr. J. … Continue reading →
‘Puter was reading this post concerning Medicaid availability and its impact on health outcomes over at Megan McArdle’s place at The Atlantic. The takeaway is that there is no correlation one way or the other between availabilty of health insurance … Continue reading →
The Washington Post carries a story this morning about Texas’ execution of a Mexican citizen convicted of a brutal rape and murder of a 14 year old girl. The Post goes on and on about the United States violating its … Continue reading →
Somewhere in the UK, a short-haired, tee-shirt wearing prat with store-bought 5.11 pants fires up Halo: Reach on his Xbox and logs into Xbox Live. His call sign is UniformKiloActual, and he returns the salute to his game avatar. He … Continue reading →
I’m going to borrow a topic from an email by GorT, Sr., lifting some of his points and expanding upon them.Around 1910, the United States recognized that people were moving from rural to urban areas and they wanted a literate … Continue reading →
Democrats are the drunks of the debt ceiling debate. Republicans are the friends trying to take away the keys to their car. Democrats: “C’mon, man!! You used to be so cool, like in college when we’d play beer pong then … Continue reading →
‘Puter works for a small company that trades in sub and nonperforming middle market commercial debt. As part of the workout process for these loans, ‘Puter’s employer may initiate foreclosure actions on collateral real property. ‘Puter recently received an invoice … Continue reading →
Regarding ‘Puter’s post on ObamaCare and Eugenics, Operative JAB writes in from the double-wide from an undisclosed location. I would argue that this coercive nature of Obamacare is nothing new at all. It is perfectly consistent with the government’s actions … Continue reading →
‘Puter received some feedback on his intemperate rant of yesterday afternoon. Operative DT writes in: Oh… my…. God. ‘Puter, once again you’ve written a work of art. Damn. New minion NB states his opinion thus: I almost never write to … Continue reading →
In just over 1 day, the last STS flight is scheduled to launch. STS is NASA’s Space Transportation System – more commonly referred to as the Space Shuttle program. It is the United States only manned launch vehicle and, after … Continue reading →
The Big G is, of course, a world-spanning conspiracy. And to prove we are not simply right-wing American jingoists, we want to make an effort to appeal more to our overseas captives interests. With that in mind, we have our … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin read a very interesting article today by James Delingpole regarding the fact that there has been no global warming since 1998. Well if you are one of the millions of people around the globe that have moved 1,000 … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Dr. J’s moving into the Castle has met with some controversy. JAB writes to ‘Puter from the doublewide: Well, I never! I take a little time off to go to the family reunion (never mind the restraining order—rich, … Continue reading →
‘Puter read this New York Times editorial regarding the Minnesota state government shut down and finally lost his ever-loving mind. ‘Puter will quote liberally and at length. Like Republicans in Washington, they have the delusion that they can balance the … Continue reading →
Editorial Cartoonist Glenn McCoy nails this one over at GoComics.com! Dr. J. just wishes Mr. McCoy had as broad a readership as the liberal cartoonists who tend to have a touch of cognitive dissonance in their work (Dr. J. is … Continue reading →
Katrina vanden Heuvel writing in today’s Washington Post manages a flame-out so epic it surpasses even E.J. Dionne at his best/worst. After the obligatory liberal mantra of “Republicans are negotiating in bad faith by not giving Democrats exactly what they … Continue reading →
“Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people’s money,” Margaret Thatcher, 2/5/1976, This Week with Llew Gardner. (Image courtesy of The Margaret Thatcher Foundation (www.margaretthatcher.org/). The place where governments truly wreck themselves upon … Continue reading →
So people are starting to look at the economy and wonder if the Stimulus (American Recovery & Reinvestment Act) actually helped. Keep in mind that President Obama and VP Biden and others still, to varying degrees, champion the successes of … Continue reading →
‘Puter posted a while back on Huy Fong Vietnamese Chili Garlic Sauce. He extolled it myriad virtues and recommended all minions purchase copious amounts of said condiment immediately. Being a good minion, Island Dweller indeed went and purchased a supply … Continue reading →
‘Puter had a little time to reflect this morning during his 5:00 AM walk. He got to thinking about ObamaCare, and the government’s claim that it has the power to require Americans to buy insurance because their inactivity affects commerce. … Continue reading →
Richard Stengel has authored a piece in Time recently (“One Document, Under Siege”, June 23, 2011) that, at its core, asks whether the Constitution of the United States still matters. This is shocking to me as the Constitution is the … Continue reading →
Well, the Czar is not taking any credit for this. Illinois governmental liberals want to release the names of all Illinois firearm owner identification (FOID) card holders, in order to embarrass them so they never want to own or hold … Continue reading →
Dr. J would like to thank the Gormogons for taking him into the fold. He was truly humbled by their invitation. This first post will be a mailbag given that Dr. J. has already received welcomes from some of our … Continue reading →
Richard Cohen pens a singularly un-self aware column in today’s Washington Post. Mr. Cohen’s central premise is Republicans are a cult. Republicans are a cult because they have “replace[d] reason with feverish belief.” Mr. Cohen then goes on to list … Continue reading →
Today is often called America’s birthday, which is correct on so many levels, but yet not enough—because it is our birthday as well: yours, ours, the guy next door, the kid dribbling the soccer ball in the field, and the … Continue reading →
GorT has a pet peeve…well, a number of them, but I’ll pick on one today. GorT has been running to the store a bunch recently to get supplies for the fireworks celebration tonight at the castle. Don’t ask me where … Continue reading →
Enclosed, please find our check to renew our subscription to your magazine for another year. The Czar wishes it known that your graphics artists are outstanding, and they do have a knack for capturing complex scientific information in an easy-to-understand … Continue reading →
Our good neighbor (well, he is the kind of neighbor who strolls out to get the morning paper wearing only his underwear) Uncle Jay writes in with this very interesting update: Oh dread & awful Czar— Re: Some shooting ranges … Continue reading →
Man, the Czar hates when people ask him to cite sources, because then we all find out what little work we actually do around here. Oh, dread and mighty Czar, I read with interest your post on the baloney reasons … Continue reading →
Neither the Czar nor the Mandarin have commented at all about the Rod Blagojevich trial, and that is because contrary to local news in the greater Chicago area, most people in Illinois don’t give a crap about a guy that … Continue reading →
Well, we go from not having nearly enough firearm-related posts to having way too many at once. And the Czar will admit he is to blame for the latter. Maybe the former, too. But Confucius* alerted the Czar via Twitter … Continue reading →
The Supreme Court is chock full of conservative bias, resulting in all non-rich Americans being thrown to the wolves. At least that’s ‘Puter’s takeaway from this morning’s poorly reasoned and factually challenged editorial. ‘Puter took note that liberals have recently … Continue reading →
Brian Palmer in the NYT OpEd section pens an editorial today titled, “Fire Up the Grill, Not the Atmosphere“. His lead off: FOOD is responsible for 10 to 30 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. By many estimates, cooking represents … Continue reading →
Well, no. He is a Czarist, though. The correspondent in question is not at all satisfied with the Czar’s putting the majority of the blame for Mark Fiorino’s difficulties with Philadelphia authorities at his own feet. Quoth the correspondent: I … Continue reading →
The Czar was caught off guard by a commercial last night, in which a group of people begin to decry government waste such as funding dog poetry, treadmills for shrimp, and so on. Seems a bit early for a GOP … Continue reading →
